OK, so an easier way to manage versions.

Debian package creation - crude, probably violated the Debian policys
but it seems to work just fine...
some other changes.

gpio/newVersion

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# newVersion:
+#	Utility to create the version.h include file for the gpio command.
+#
+#	Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Gordon Henderson
+#################################################################################
+# This file is part of wiringPi:
+#	Wiring Compatable library for the Raspberry Pi
+#
+#    wiringPi is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    wiringPi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+#    along with wiringPi.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#################################################################################
+
+rm -f version.h
+echo "#define VERSION \"`cat ../VERSION`\"" > version.h